A350 first flight - Discovered ISSUES so far [MSFS2020]

[Alvariteus]

Hi iniBuilds team.

 

First of all, congratulations for this plane. It is amazing, its potential is as GIGANTIC as the plane itself.

However, I would like to provide you a small feedback after my first flight, from Madrid to New York. More than 7 hours that I used to discover the plane completely. This issues are mostly bugs with, I think, an easy solution, but that affects very negatively the flight experience, so they should be addressed very quickly. I also leave a couple of photos I took arriving to New York JFK.

So let's start.

 

[SOUNDS]

- Sounds are in general TOO LOUD, from engines, to callouts to everything. It is true that it can be adjusted by the EFB, but this is not a definitive solution as the adjustments are unequal and all the overall experience regarding the sounds is spoiled. I think a sound levels refinement is desperately needed.

- AP disengage siren doesn't stop. The siren kept ringing after disengaging the AP, no matter what I did. Magically it stopped after going to the external view and going back to the cockpit view, so I guess this is a bug.

- Weird and expremely LOUD noise when gear down. After releasing the landing gear, a super noisy and weird noise appeared, specially in the cockpit but also with the wing view. I guess this is also a bug (at least the level it have).

[THROTTLE]

- Unable to use reverse thrust with my Thrustmaster Airbus TCA, no matter the configuration I use in the EFB, no matter the deadzone I put. So I assume this is a bug.

[EFFECTS]

- No contrails at all. No matter the flight level I am flying, nor the temperature outside, the engine do not produce any contrails. This is a bug that affects general flight experience quite a lot.

[SYSTEMS]

- There is no DME miles to the ILS shown when the ILS button is activated, no matter the distance I am to the localizer. So I guess this is also a bug.

[FLIGHT MODEL]

- Plane takeoffs too easily, almost like a helicopter, even loaded for a transataltic flight. I am not sure if this is a bug or not, but I am quite sure that the real A350 do not behave like this during takeoff. I think something needs more refinement here. Landing, however, was mostly okay, but I think the final approach speed was also too low.

[EXTERIOR]

- I don't know if I am doing something wrong, but cabin lights do not turn on at night, so the plane from the outside seems dark, even on ground unloading passengers.

 

This is all what I discovered for now. Surely more things will come during future flights, and I will report them in order to help you guys to improve this amazing product with quick updates. There are so many amazing things too. In fact, most of the things are amazing. Systems works very good, the plane behaves very realistically - I think- in the air (except for the details mentioned before), wing flex effects are amazing, and a long etcetera. To be the first version, the plane is in good condition, but just as happened to other developers, quick updates are needed to address these urgent refinements.

 

Please, keep working on this amazing product and I am sure this will be a reference for the long haul flight simulation.

Regards,

Alvaro.

Edited 5 hours ago by Alvariteus

[Alvariteus]

Extra bug I forgot:

[SYSTEMS]

- When turning on the beacon light, external power seems to disappear, so all the systems turned off.

[EXTERIOR]

- Not sure if this is the A350's or GSX fault, but the jetway does not match the door, it connects more or less at the level of the cockpit.

Edited 5 hours ago by Alvariteus

[NoBird]

45 minutes ago, Alvariteus said:

Extra bug I forgot:

[SYSTEMS]

- When turning on the beacon light, external power seems to disappear, so all the systems turned off.

[EXTERIOR]

- Not sure if this is the A350's or GSX fault, but the jetway does not match the door, it connects more or less at the level of the cockpit.

Its not GSX fault, happens also in the standard game.

[Alvariteus]

15 minutes ago, NoBird said:

Its not GSX fault, happens also in the standard game.

Thanks for the info!

[Eflyer]

1 hour ago, Alvariteus said:

Extra bug I forgot:

[SYSTEMS]

- When turning on the beacon light, external power seems to disappear, so all the systems turned off.

[EXTERIOR]

- Not sure if this is the A350's or GSX fault, but the jetway does not match the door, it connects more or less at the level of the cockpit.

The beacon lights automatically triggers the removal of the chocks and external power.

By design, the beacon lights is switched on only before pushback/moving so you should have your APU on at that time.

[nopixar]

How the plane rotates really bugs me too. It literally takes off like a crisp packet in the wind… and the way the pitch control works initially has zero smoothnes…It does detract from an absolutely gorgeous looking aircraft with some small bugs but also some great features. The whole flight model is…questionable at best. It’s a shame really I was really looking forward to this. It’s not unflyable, but when it behaves like that, you can’t help but be bothered by it considering all the hype around it. And yet nobody during testing not even the real pilots who streamed it said a word about it. No flare mode either…? You can pretty much make no inputs all the way down to the ground…. Really hoping it improves over time with patches…

Edited 2 hours ago by nopixar